URL copied Waqt turns 16: Vipul Shah recalls how Big B, Akshay offered to waive off fees Filmmaker Vipul Shah donned the producer's hat for the first time with the Amitabh Bachchan-Akshay Kumar starrer 2005 film Waqt: The Race Against Time. He recalls how the two superstars offered not to take remuneration for their work in the film, in order to support him. Shah recalls proposing the film to the two actors while they were working on his 2002 directorial venture "Aankhen". As "Waqt" clocks 16 years of release on Tuesday, Shah says: "While we were making Aankhen, I had discussed a play that was written and directed by Aatish Kapadia, with Amit sir (Bachchan) and Akshay (Kumar). They both loved the story and we decided to make this film."